risheen

Yola

Alternative forms

• rusheen

Etymology

Perhaps from Middle English rushynge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾɪˈʃiːn/, /ɾʊˈʃiːn/

Noun

risheen

1. An afternoon luncheon, a snack in the evening.

Derived terms

• risheeneare

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 65